Monsters We Make

Monsters We Make
Volume 1 cover, featuring Jabari Booker
GenreSci-fi
Action
Manga
Monsters We Make
Written byCoryxKenshin
Published byNew Edyn Press
IDW Publishing (retail edition)
PublishedDecember 16, 2024 – present
Volumes4

Monsters We Make[a] is an original English-language manga series created by CoryxKenshin. It is published by New Edyn Press and IDW Publishing and the first volume was released on December 16, 2024. The story is set in the year 2114 and follows Jabari Booker, a young music prodigy. He joins a school called New Edyn Academy to grow his talent, but things take a dark turn. Jabari gets caught up in a conspiracy that includes dangerous mutant creatures and a shady tech company.

Production

Development

The project was first revealed following CoryxKenshin's return from a year-and-a-half hiatus with an animated trailer, explaining that his lengthy absence was due to a new project he'd been working on that entire time. A website then introduced fans to the main cast of characters. CoryxKenshin said the manga is a "playground" for his ideas. He was inspired by anime like Dragon Ball Z, Attack on Titan, and characters like The Raikage from Naruto. Through Jabari, he wants readers to see a powerful Black hero-someone who could inspire others just like Goku inspired him growing up. The first volume is co-created by Corey Mikell, with principal art by Andrew Gong and art by Elyas Magee-Shamaan.[1][2]

Story

In dystopian 2114, teen musician Jabari Booker joins New Edyn Academy to hone his music but uncovers its dark secret: students are trained as expendable soldiers (HOUNDS) to fight “Leakers” mutated humans created by tech giant SANADA. Battling monstrous classmates and corporate corruption, Jabari's team questions who the real monsters are, blending visceral action with existential stakes.

Jabari, a resilient anime-loving prodigy, leads allies like eco-advocate September, strategist Liam, thrill-seeker Alicent, and tech genius Han. New Edyn Academy, a facade for molding Eternal Night-born youths into weapons, clashes with SANADA's experiments, embodying greed and humanity's ethical decay in a fight for survival.

Volumes

The Volumes have been self-published both digitally and physically through the manga's official website since December 2024. In August 2025 it was announced that IDW Publishing would begin publishing a new edition of the manga starting in October 2025 for retail stores as well.[3][4]

Volumes

No. Title Release date ISBN
1Volume 1December 16, 2024[5][6]
October 28, 2025 (IDW edition)[3]		979-8-99-217111-2
979-8-99-217114-3 (IDW edition)
  • Chapter 1: "Enter The New Mid-Year"
  • Chapter 2: "The Great Halls of New Edyn"
  • Chapter 3: "The Aptitude Test"
  • Chapter 4: "Truth vs. Escape"
  • Chapter 5: "Sound Barrier"
  • Chapter 6: "Follow The Leader"
  • Chapter 7: "As Above, So Below"
  • Chapter 8: "First Day Kill"
This first volume was dedicated to Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball Z, who passed away in March 2024.
2Volume 2August 11, 2025[7][8]
May 26, 2026 (IDW edition)[9]		979-8-99-217112-9
979-8-99-217115-0 (IDW edition)
  • Chapter 9: "17 Years Ago, Part 1"
  • Chapter 10: "S.I.C"
  • Chapter 11: "Meet Vector One"
  • Chapter 12: "Deployment Complete"
  • Chapter 13: "Hounds of the Hill: Han vs Wraith!"
  • Chapter 14: "Make Like a Tree"
  • Chapter 15: "Tuning Crash Course”
  • Chapter 16: "Jabari's Dream”
  • Chapter 17: “Showdown! Jabari vs Fayne”
3Volume 3December 8, 2025[10]—
  • Chapter 18: "17 Years Ago, Part 2"
  • Chapter 19: "Oh Captain, My Captain"
  • Chapter 20: "Pack of Lies"
  • Chapter 21: "Knight of Edyn: Part I"
  • Chapter 22: "Knight of Edyn: Part II"
  • Chapter 23: "Knight of Edyn: Part III"
  • Chapter 24: "Knight of Edyn: Part IV"
  • Chapter 25: "Knight of Edyn: Part V"
4Volume 4April 13, 2026[11]—
  • Chapter 26: "17 Years Ago, Part 3"
  • Chapter 27: "Retro Luv"
  • Chapter 28: “New Game"
  • Chapter 29:
  • Chapter 30:
  • Chapter 31:
  • Chapter 32:

Reception

The first volume sold 200,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the fastest-selling independently published manga series in the United States.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: MONSTERS WE MAKE（私たちが作るモンスター）

References

  1. ^ "CoryxKenshin Launches Monsters We Make, Reveals Details About the Project - Anime Corner". Dexerto. 2025-12-16. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  2. ^ "CoryxKenshin's Record-Breaking Manga 'Monsters We Make' Generates Buzz with Second Volume Coming". Times of India. 2025-04-11. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  3. ^ a b Alverson, Brigid (11 August 2025). "IDW To Distribute CoreyxKenshin's 'Monsters We Make' to Retail". ICv2. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Exclusive: IDW to Distribute CoryxKenshin's 'Monsters We Make' to Retail". icv2.com. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
  5. ^ "CoryxKenshin Launches Monsters We Make, Reveals Details About the Project - Anime Corner". Dexerto. 2025-12-16. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  6. ^ "Monsters We Make Vol. 1 - Physical + Digital Bundle". Monsters We Make. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  7. ^ "CoryxKenshin's original manga series sets U.S. sales records and rivals Japan's greatest works". Dexerto. 2025-04-08. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  8. ^ "Monsters We Make Vol. 2 - Physical + Digital Bundle (Pre-Order)". Monsters We Make. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  9. ^ "Monsters We Make, Vol. 2". Amazon. 2025-11-20. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
  10. ^ "Monsters We Make Vol. 3 - Physical + Digital Bundle". Monsters We Make. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  11. ^ "Monsters We Make Vol. 4 - Physical + Digital Bundle". Monsters We Make. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
  12. ^ Jovanovic, Marko (2025-04-08). "CoryxKenshin's Monsters We Make Sells 200,000 Copies in First Week, Volume 2 in Development". Anime Corner. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
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